Richard Nixon: “I propose legislation to authorize the Small Business Administration to make grants to borrowers whose loans are…”

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.